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Citv Council Public Safetv Committee
Meeting Minutes
May 15, 2017 - 5:30 p.m. - Hazelnut Conference Room, City Hall
Councilmembers: Thomas McLeod, Chair; Joe Duffie, De'Sean Quinn
Staff: David Cline, Chris Flores, Rachel Bianchi, Bob Giberson, Mike Villa, Laurel
Humphrey
Guests: Justine Kim and D.J. Baxter, Shiels Obletz Johnson; Matt Anderson and Matt
Hoffman, Heartland; Emma Nowinski, Weinstein A +U
CALL TO ORDER: Committee Chair McLeod called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
I. ANNOUNCEMENT
II. BUSINESSAGENDA
A. Public Safetv Plan Facilities Siting Criteria
Staff is seeking Council approval of a final siting criteria matrix to be used for the Public Safety
Plan buildings program. The Committee previously provided input into draft criteria, and this
version incorporates additions received at the public Open House in March. Mr. Baxter went
over the additions since the Committee last reviewed the criteria. Chair McLeod inquired about
next steps after the criteria is approved, and representatives from Heartland, the City's
contractor for brokerage services, indicated that they would start with parcel data and run
through the essential components of the siting criteria. From there, individual properties would
be scored according to the other components. Committee members asked clarifying questions
and decided to remove "accessibility to Tukwila Community Center" from criteria for the
Justice Center because that would conflict with the "high frequency transit" need which they
deemed more important. They also requested that "proximityto schools" be removed from the
Public Works facility criteria as that is not realistic. UNANIMOUS APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
FORWARD TO MAY 22, 2017 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
B. Public Safetv Plan Local Hiring and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Pilot Policv Proposal
As follow up to discussions held in March atthe Public Safety and Community Development and
Neighborhoods Committees, staff proposed two pilot policies regarding local and
disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) hiringforthe Public Safety Plan construction projects.
Councilmembers have expressed strong support for encouraging local hiring /apprenticeships
and DBE participation on these large projects. Staff believes that formal labor agreements such
as those in place at Sound Transit and City of Seattle would require dedicated City staff to
oversee, monitor and audit. Those large agencies have that capacity, while the City of Tukwila
does not have funding for such a position. With these proposed policies, the burden of tracking
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and reporting will fall on the construction contractor and construction management team on
the projects.
Councilmember Quinn stated that he would not support the proposed policies because they do
not go far enough to attain the goal of local and DBE hiring, and that "good faith effort" is not
specific or enforceable. He asked staff to provide more specific information regardingthe costs
associated with implementation of a formal community workforce agreement. Since local /DBE
hire is a Council priority, the Council should make the decision about whether to direct
resources to it. He restated an interest in finding a template agreement that could work in
Tukwila. Councilmember McLeod asked how a 10 -mile radius was decided for the local hire
pilot policy. Staff responded that a 10 -mile radius is a good way to describe South King County,
and limiting itfurtherwould make the goal harderto accomplish based upon feedback received
from other jurisdictions. Councilmember Duffie spoke in favor of the proposal as a starting
point for the City. The Committee did not reach a conclusion and requested that this topic
return at a future meeting. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
C. Discussion on Public Safety Plan Sustainability Goals
Staff is seeking direction from the Committee on sustainability goals and strategies with regard
to the Public Safety Plan buildings program. The architect hired to design the three fire stations,
Weinstein A +U, prepared information for the Committee on various options relating to
sustainability goals including third party certification, energy benchmarking, life -cycle cost
analysis, verification tools, and more. Weinstein A +U strongly recommends that the City
incorporate sustainability goals into its buildings but decision making around this will be
determined by available funding. They recommend that sustainability goals be factored into
decision - making around the same time as programmatic features, since choices made in both
areas will impact budget availability. Staff will work with Chair McLeod on direction for next
steps for engaging the Committee and Council on this topic. RETURN TO COMMITTEE.
D. Public Safety Plan -Location of Fire Station 51
This item was postponed due to time constraints.
E. 2017 lst Ouarter Police Department Report
Chief Villa updated the Committee on items of interest from the 1st quarter of 2017, including
staffing, recognitions, community outreach, significant operations, and events. The Committee
requested a future update on the Police Department Strategic Plan. INFORMATION ONLY.
III. MISCELLANEOUS
Adjourned 6.56 p.m.
Committee Chair Approval
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